Bury the Hatchet
1971 · Bold [Lake Charles] 1006 · USA
- Artist
- Count Rockin' Sidney
- Title
- Bury the Hatchet
- Release
- Bury the Hatchet / Back Door Man
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Bold [Lake Charles] # 1006
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Sidney J. Simien
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The song "Bury the Hatchet" (Bold # 1006) took an anti-war stance. The narrator said that it was time to "shake hands" and that the country needed to "make peace today". He described the conflict as a "cruel war" and wondered "how long" it would last. It was sung by Rockin' Sidney - born Sidney J. Simien, in Louisianna, in 1938, he also went under the name Count Rockin' Sidney. Many of his songs fitted into the Zydeco genre of southwest Louisiana that mixed R&B with jazz and blues, often using an accordion.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: We got to bury the hatchet, shake hands / Put it away, make peace today / It's been a long time and time is moving fast / Oh lord how long will this cruel war last... / We got to stop / Baby this can't go on / We got to live better / We got to live together... / We want to save this country and this beautiful land / We got to understand that a man is a man... / Makes no difference where you are / Love will still go on, come back baby
Notes
Bold 1006 (LH-8441), 45 RPM, 2112 Elder St., Lake Charles, La. 70601; "Bury the Hatchet" (Sidney J. Simien), Tek Pub., BMI, 3:05; "A Sid Sim Production". [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
born Sidney J. Simien, in Louisiana, in 1938
Themes
In collections
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs